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Your Brain Actually Peaks Around 55—New Research Rewrites the Aging Story
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A 2025 study combining 16 psychological traits finds overall human functioning peaks between 55 and 60. Here’s what actually grows with age—and how to protect the traits that matter most. Read more…
Pickleball After 40: The Fitness Prep That Matters
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Pickleball is social and accessible — it’s also injury-prone for 40+ players. Here’s the prep work that keeps you on the court long-term. Read more…
Nobody Gave Us a Trophy for Showing Up (We Noticed)
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Gen X lost. A lot. In public. In front of everyone. And somehow we’re still here, which probably means something. Read more…
Midlife Career Reboot: 11 Fast-Training Paths
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Career reinvention at 40 or 50 doesn’t require a four-year degree. Here are eleven paths with training times from a few weeks to about a year. Read more…
Gen X’s Superpower: We Simply Do Not Care (And It’s Incredible)
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Gen X didn’t invent not caring. We just perfected it into an art form, a lifestyle, and honestly a pretty solid coping strategy. Read more…
We Figured Out the Internet Before There Were Tutorials
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No YouTube. No Stack Overflow. No helpful Reddit thread. Gen X learned technology by breaking things, and we’d do it again. Read more…
